Product Profile of Surfactants/ Surface Active Agents

Croda Chemicals India Pvt Ltd offers Surfactants/ Surface Active Agents. Croda Chemicals India Pvt Ltd manufactures a range of Speciality Chemicals used in health care/nutritional, personal care, home care, fibers, polymers & coatings, polymer additives, textiles, agrochemicals, lubricants and general industrial applications. The Surfactants/ Surface Active Agents are amphipathic molecules consisting of a non-polar hydrophobic chain and a polar head group. The balance of hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties in one molecule makes the surfactant associate in water and aggregate at the boundary layers of immiscible phases. Surfactants are active at solid/liquid, liquid/liquid, solid/gas and liquid/gas interfaces.

Surfactants/ Surface Active Agents are classified according to the nature of the hydrophilic group:

• Anionic: negatively charged

• Cationic: positively charged

• Amphoteric: with a dual functionality and positively or negatively charge depending on pH

• Nonionic: with no charge

Surfactants/ Surface Active Agents are used for stabilization of polymer colloids as:

• Process aids for use during emulsion polymerization

• Internal/external emulsifiers for stabilization of resin emulsions or artificial lattices

• Surfactants used as additives during formulation of coatings, inks or intermediate products as

• Wetting agents, dispersants, humectants, defoamers